2 pupils steal crash helmet: police

Two pupils were arrested on Monday for stealing a crash helmet from scooter in a car park near the Barrier Gate checkpoint, according to a Public Security Police (PSP) statement.Last Thursday, the police received a report from a resident that a crash helmet, worth around 1,800 patacas, had been stolen, according to the PSP statement.After checking the car park’s CCTV footage, the police discovered that two male suspects riding a scooter stopped at the victim’s scooter and stole the crash

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Rua do Campo to be resurfaced next month

An extensive resurfacing of Rua do Campo will be carried out between December 26 and December 30, during which a total of 20 bus routes using the road will be redirected, the Civic and Municipal Affairs Bureau (IACM) and the Transport Bureau (DSAT) announced in a joint press conference yesterday in the northern district.Rua do Campo is one of the city’s busiest roads. According to the two bureaus, the road condition has deteriorated with some parts being bumpy, causing potential danger to

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Restaurants & hotels have 4,393 job vacancies in Q3

Macau’s restaurants and hotels reported a total of 4,393 job vacancies in the third quarter, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, job vacancies in hotels rose by 352 year on year to 2,221, while the number of vacancies in restaurants stood at 2,172, almost unchanged from a year ago.At the end of the third quarter, hotels had 54,524 full-time employees, down 0.1 percent year on year. Average earnings – excluding bonuses – of

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Oct mobile phone imports drop 31 pct

Mobile phone imports last month dropped 31.2 percent year on year to 425 million patacas, the Statistics and Census Bureau (DSEC) said in a statement this week.In the first 10 months, mobile phone imports fell 14.7 percent to 3.13 billion patacas.Construction material imports dropped 37.1 percent to 101 million patacas in October. In the first 10 months, construction material imports fell 13.1 percent to 1.45 billion patacas.PLEASE READ THE FULL ARTICLE IN OUR PRINT EDITION.

November 30, 2017 | BY admin

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Govt to require non-criminal record for workers from 6 countries: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that the government will require nationals from six countries to submit a certificate of non-criminal record when applying to work in Macau.In some jurisdictions, the document is known as certificate of no criminal conviction.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from indirectly-elected lawmaker-cum-unionist Lei Chan U, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Police to use body cams from Q1 next year

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that police officers will be assigned a number of body-worn cameras to use on a trial basis in the first quarter of next year.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from appointed lawmaker-cum-businessman Ma Chi Seng, on the last day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Ma questioned whether the police will buy body cameras for its officers. The cameras

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Council wants to avoid double taxation on rebuilt edifices

The deputy coordinator of the Urban Renewal Council’s first working group, Paulo Tse, said yesterday that the Financial Services Bureau (DSF) and the Legal Affairs Bureau (DSAJ) were currently working on a draft bill on avoiding double taxation on the transfer of real-estate property in the city’s urban renewal areas.Tse, who heads the Macau Association of Building Contractors and Developers, briefed reporters after the last closed-door meeting of the Urban Renewal Council this year at the

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Wong says police strictly enforce law

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said that the city’s police officers always carry out law enforcement in strict adherence with the law, adding that during the various assemblies and protests that have taken place in the city over the past few years, police officers have always followed the same standards of law enforcement.Wong made the remarks when answering a question from directly-elected non-establishment

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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UM researchers develop parasite detection method

A University of Macau (UM) research team has developed “a fast, accurate and convenient point-of-care pathogen detection method”, the public tertiary education institution said in a statement yesterday.According to the statement, the team developed the method “with the help of the digital microfluidic system.”Microfluidics deals with the behaviour, control and manipulation of fluids that are geometrically constrained to a small scale.The method used by the UM team “uses isothermal DNA

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Johor Bahru route marks AirAsia’s 7th direct flight from Macau

Low cost carrier AirAsia took off on its first Macau-Johor Bahru flight yesterday, marking the company’s seventh international destination from Macau, reaching a total of 76 flights departing from Macau International Airport every week, CEO of Air Asia Hong Kong and Macau Celia Lao Sio Wun said yesterday.Lao was at the local airport to attend the ceremony for the official launch of the company’s second Malaysia-Macau route, with the capital Kuala Lumpur having been the first in 2004, and

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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New products will attract repeat visitors: MGTO chief

Macau Government Tourism Office (MGTO) Director Maria Helena de Senna Fernandes said yesterday that the latest repeat visitor figures would help her office decide what tourism products or activities should be launched to give tourists another reason to revisit Macau.Senna Fernandes made the comment while speaking to reporters on the sidelines of the launch ceremony of AirAsia’s Macau-Johor Bahru route at Macau International Airport.Senna Fernandes said that Malaysia continued to be a very

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Mainlander robs money changer in hotel: police

A male suspect from the mainland was arrested on Monday for robbery in a hotel guestroom in Cotai, in which the victim was robbed of HK$128,000, Judiciary Police (PJ) spokeswoman Lei Hon Nei said during a special conference yesterday at the PJ headquarters in Zape.According to Lei, the suspect is a 28-year-old mainlander surnamed Yong, who claims to be unemployed.Lei said that on the evening of September 21, Yong pretended that he wanted to exchange yuan for around HK$100,000 when he approached

November 29, 2017 | BY admin

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Wong stresses need for civil protection bureau

Addressing yesterday’s Q&A session in the legislature’s hemicycle, Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said there was a need for the government to set up a bureau-level entity for civil protection and emergency response coordination.Wong made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the first day of the two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.In the public administration’s institutional hierarchy, a bureau is the

November 28, 2017 | BY admin

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Chui put utmost effort into Hato disaster relief coordination: Wong

Secretary for Security Wong Sio Chak said in the legislature’s hemicycle yesterday that Chief Executive Fernando Chui Sai On put his utmost effort into responding to the disaster of deadly Super-Typhoon Hato in August and in coordinating the various government entities in carrying out disaster relief measures.Wong made the remarks when answering questions from several lawmakers, on the first day of a two-day Q&A session about his portfolio’s policy guidelines for next year.Several

November 28, 2017 | BY admin

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